Mr. Speaker, through the years of having the opportunity to know President Ronald Reagan, one could go down many a pathway in recalling his greatness. My first recollection of Ronald Reagan, I can recall clearly I was lying on the living room floor, and he was giving this speech on behalf of Barry Goldwater. The remarks in that speech entitled, ``A Time For Choosing,'' never to forget, ``You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.'' I will never forget rolling over on the floor and saying to my family, ``This guy ought to be Governor of California.'' And, by golly, just 2 years later, he was: Governor Ronald Reagan, elected in 1966 by the people of California.
Jerry Lewis: “Mr. Speaker, through the years of having the opportunity to know President Ronald Reagan, one could go down many a…”
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Reflecting on memories of President Ronald Reagan during a speech.
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